West's Mineral Realm Mining Pages in The Anaconda Standard
The Anaconda Standard declares weekly mining pages focused on Montana field and Northwest mining. It seeks accurate news on properties resources production and conditions and invites communications for legitimate mining undertakings while forbidding booster or advertiser content.
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Standard
Montana
Northwest
Anaconda Standard
Mining Department
Anaconda
Corr
Montana Metal Production in 1899 Reveals Higher Value
The 1899 metal output report by Hon. F E Braden, United States assay office at Helena, lists Montana gold and silver at coinage values and copper at the electrolytic price. If copper valuation matched prior lake copper methods, 1899 would show about $18,000,000 more than 1898.
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sMcial
F E. B. Braden
United States
Helena
Montana
Lake
Growth and localization of iron and steel industry in the United States
The article notes American iron and steel production doubling from 1860 to 1880 and surpassing nine million tons in 1880. It explains Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio as the core, driven by coal type shifts and lake ore supplies, with ore transport favored over moving coal. As populations shift west, ore transport may rise, keeping Pittsburgh and surrounding areas central to U S iron manufacturing. It also compares Great Falls and Anaconda smelters, predicting Anaconda's expansion and multi‑million dollar investment, while challenging Salt Lake City’s claims to smelter superiority.
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F. W. Taussig
Harvard University
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Great Salt Lake smelter to rise in valley
The Salt Lake Herald, citing Vice President Barton Sewall of the American Smelting and Refining company, reports a new smelter will be erected at once in the Salt Lake valley. It is described as the world’s best and greatest, costing about one million dollars with an initial capacity of twenty thousand tons a month.
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Great Falls
Anaconda
The
Salt Lake Herald
Barton Sewall
American Smelting and Refining Company
Salt Lake Valley
Herald
The Fall of Lead Prices Deepens Miner Concerns
Lead prices have fallen to 3874 in Salt Lake, a drop over seventy cents from the peak, risking losses for Silver Lead miners. Analysts point to oversupply and declining demand, with leads’ fate tied to states that heavily produce lead. The lead trusts face blame, though the exact cause remains debated.
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Salt Lake
Copper’s Enduring Lead in Electrical Uses
The future of copper looks brighter than any other metal in industrial arts due to rising demand and limited supply. Copper’s superior conductivity gives it an edge over aluminum, ensuring lower power generation costs and minimized transmission loss as electrical science expands. A season of hard times would not curb this trend.
Copper’s Ubiquitous Role Spurs Copper Industry Confidence
The passage argues copper’s essential and growing uses make demand durable across business cycles. It notes electricity and copper are inseparable, and while prices may fall in a general slump, copper would likely outperform, supporting producer prosperity despite market declines.
Calumet and Hecla Fire Threatens Copper Supply
A major mine near Michigan faces possible suspension as the Calumet and Hecla fire could reduce output and push copper prices higher. The piece notes the mine accounts for about one sixth of U S production and warns of broader economic impact if extended, while hoping damage is less than feared and operations resume promptly.
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United States
Montana
Calumet
Hecla
Michigan
Big Smelter Boosts Anaconda and Butte Prospects
The article argues that building the smelter shows strong belief by Anaconda and Amatl famated companies in the permanency of the Butte mines. It claims the project will benefit both cities, with Butte expected to grow to about eighty thousand people and Anaconda to around twenty five thousand within five years, urging civic effort to improve the business quarter and residences.
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Anaconda
Butte
Journal condemns Adirondack placers schemes as frauds
The Engineering and Mining Journal warns against advertisements for gold placer schemes in the Adirondacks of Northern New York. It asserts the placers have been tested and yield no value profitable to mine. If any sands exist, they must hold higher values than those found so far.
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Adirondacks
New York
Engineering and Mining Journal
Manchuria
Suygari
the Engineering and Mining Journal
Siberia
Tintic
Utah
McIntyre
Britain Sees Wide Miner Wage Advances in 1886
Mining briefs note from Engineering and Mining Journal show British miners' wages rising since October 1886 from 27 percent to 81 percent, averaging about 45 percent. The gains reflect broad global prosperity, not limited to the United States.
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Engineering and
Great Britain
England
United States
Alaska Mineral Yields Double in Last Year
Charlies G. Yale reports from the Mining and Metallurgical Journal that Alaska’s bullion production rose sharply in 1899. Gold receipts reached $5,602,012 and silver $229,348, totaling $5,891,355, up $3,199,844 from 1898, with about $2.4 million from Cape Nome placer activity and the rest from Southeastern Alaska quartz mines. The Klondike field in the Northwest Territory posted $16,244,107 in 1899, up $5,028,198, signaling a major rise in northern mining output.
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Alaska
Charlies G. Yale
United States Mint
San Francisco
District of Alaska
Cape Nome
Yukon River
Douglas
Unga Islands
Golovin Bay
Lituya Bay
Juneau
Porcupine District
Northwest Territory
Klondike
California
Anaconda works expand in Butte mining complex
The Anaconda company doubles the capacity of its smelter to 5 000 tons daily as the Never Sweat and St Lawrence mines in the Anaconda group receive new air compressors and boiler plants. The upgraded plant will deliver 2 100 horsepower steam and 20 000 cubic feet per minute air to underground operations, boosting output across the district.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Anaconda
St. Lawrences
Anacon
St. Lawrence
Homestake
Black Hills
Miles Tong
Deadwood
Homestoke
Calumet & Hecla
Mining Briefs Reflect Cross-Cutting in Ore Discovery and State Output
The New Mexican Mining Record urges cross-cutting mining to reveal hidden ore bodies. California’s 1899 mineral production reached 29,326,460 with gold 15,320,621, copper 1,990,334, and petroleum 2,060,793, up from 1898. Wyoming coal remains the state’s most valuable mineral per Professor Knight. The Leadville camp shows heavy ore activity, with sizable daily ore movements from Ibex branch and Grah am Park.
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California
Leadville
Knight
Wyoming
Overland Mine in Bilver City Prepares for Resumption
The Overland mine in Bilver City Lyon county Nevada owned by Colonel Briges is being put in shape for resuming ore extraction. A large body remains but dead work must be done before economical removal. Ore carries gold and averages over $30 per ton. A mining excitement exists at Pine Grove Nevada per the Yerington Rustler.
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Overland
Bilver City
Lyon County
Nev
Colonel Briges
Daly
Park City
Utah
Bear Lake
Salt Lake City
Rich float rock found seven miles west of town
A. A. Bass reports free milling gold on rich float rock in hills seven miles west of town, with many able-bodied Grove men in the search. Elsewhere in Utah and Idaho new ore strikes and promising prospects boost mining activity across Carbonate Hill, Quartzburg, Park City, and Elkton districts, while Mystic Shrine and Bear Lake Copper ventures expand operations and potential yields.
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A. A. Bass
Iron and Steel Prices Hover as Market Weakness Persists
The Wall Street Journal notes weak stock conditions and external factors. Freight movement westward partially offsets declines into Chicago while ore transport languishes for lake vessels. Grain freights may lift trunk line earnings and iron price hopes stall as large firms keep nominal prices despite cheaper actuals.
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Wall Street Journal
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Bessemer
Copper Shadas Frictionally-Silver Holds Irm Surges
A brief market note reports copper prices pressured by frictional factors as silver steadies and iron ore and stock commodities decline amid mixed trading. Investors monitor supply shifts and demand signals in global metal markets.
Market dullness grips Eastern stock exchanges amid weak trade
The week saw minimal movement with prices falling for many commodities as overproduction fears mount. Calumet & Hecla fluctuated sharply due to fire uncertainty, lead weakened, copper eased, and silver remained firm near the 0 to above range as traders note lack of price range.
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Boston Herald
Herald
Siberia's mineral wealth and railway push lure settlers
The article surveys Siberia's vast mineral potential from gold in the Pacific shore to copper silver and coal in the Kirghisian Altai and Kusnezki regions. It notes the Great Siberian Railway nearing completion and spotlights ultra-cheap fourth class fares encouraging emigration via Russia toward Vladivostok and beyond, suggesting travel costs may tempt many to relocate.
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Siberian
Mining and Metallurgical Journal
Seattle
Siberia
Sea of Okhotsk
Nome
Bering Sea
Biberia
Pacific
Kirghisian
Altai Mountains
Switzerland
Kusnezki
Pennsylvania
Lake Baikal
Russia
Vladivostok
American exhibitor runs steam powered exhibit at Paris exposition
The Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co of New York prepared all air compressors for the Paris exposition and planned to run them on opening day, making them the first American exhibitor to operate and the first country to steam the exhibit. John J. Swann, formerly of Engineering News, oversees the display.
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Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co
New York
Beng
John J. Swann
E'Tor
Engineering News
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